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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2014
Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.
2010
Eyjafjallajökull (pictured) in Iceland began a series of volcanic events, later disrupting air travel across Europe.
1993
The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England.
1987
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.
1944
World War II: U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel.
1942
World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines for Australia, US Army general Douglas MacArthur announced: "I came through and I shall return."
1939
Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the return of the Klaipėda Region under threat of invasion.
1926
Chiang Kai-shek initiated a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou, China.
1923
The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first solo United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso.
1922
The United States Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley.